12:37 PM GMT Rohit Balaji March 3: Lahore Qalanders vs Quetta Gladiators in Gadaffi Stadium Our XI: Azam Khan, Chris Lynn, Mohammad Hafeez, Jason Roy, Ben Cutting, David Wiese, Samit Patel, Shaheen Afridi, Dilbar Hussain, Mohammad Hasnain, Anwar Ali Captain: Chris Lynn A curtailed game in which you could berserk from ball one was probably what Lynn needed to get amongst the runs. He scored a 15-ball 30 against the…
11:40 AM GMT Mohammad Isam in Sylhet Neil McKenzie, Bangladesh’s batting coach, has said that Tamim Iqbal‘s game is in need of a slight adjustment. The left-hander has not given any hint of being out of form after returning from his short hiatus from international cricket, but his anchor role has, in some quarters, been misinterpreted. In the first ODI against Zimbabwe, for example, Iqbal took 43 balls to make…
Sophie Devine leaves the field after her dismissal © Getty Images World Cups have become an albatross around New Zealand women’s neck. For a third straight time, under three different captains and two coaches, have they now failed to make the knockouts of world tournaments. The most recent of those came down to a four-run defeat against hosts Australia at Melbourne that dashed their hopes of reaching the last four…
Fantasy Picks: Kapp and van Kiekerk will get you the points (4:31) We help you pick your fantasy team for the upcoming game between South Africa and West Indies in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup (4:31) 11:24 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff March 3: T20 World Cup – South Africa v West Indies, Sydney Our XI: Shemaine Campbelle, Dane van Niekerk, Hayley Matthews, Marizanne Kapp, Mignon du Preez, Afy Fletcher,…
Play 04:17 Fantasy Pick: Javeria Khan and Diana Baig your best bets March 3: T20 World Cup – Pakistan v Thailand, Sydney Our XI: Nattakan Chantam, Sidra Nawaz, Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali, Nida Dar, Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Anam Amin, Nattaya Boochatham, Onnicha Kamchomphu, Chanida Sutthiruang Captain: Diana Baig Baig has given Pakistan fantastic starts in all three games so far. She has picked up five wickets and all of…
10:13 AM GMT Amid the drama of Jofra Archer‘s baptism into international cricket and the explosive impact made in the fleeting appearances of Mark Wood, it might be forgotten that England have at least one more bowler capable of generating speeds well over 90mph (145kph). Olly Stone could easily be described as England’s forgotten fast bowler. He’s only played one Test. He’s only taken one ODI wicket. But in those…
Play 03:22 Williamson pleased with adjustments after Australia series New Zealand won the first Test by ten wickets, and came close to a repeat in the second, but their margin of victory, according to Kane Williamson, didn’t reflect how hard they had to fight to beat India. When New Zealand slipped to 153 for 7 on day two, with India’s first-innings total still 89 runs away, the game could have…
9:15 AM GMT For most of this summer, Georgia Wareham could only have expected the most fringe-dwelling of T20 World Cup roles for Australia. After all, Ellyse Perry and Tayla Vlaeminck were set to blast opponents out with pace, Megan Schutt bewitching them with swing, and Jess Jonassen cleaning up whatever other resistance was left over. This script was largely followed in Australia’s tournament lead-up, as Wareham played only twice…
8:35 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson have usually gotten along well on and off the field, and they’ve often spoken about the respect they have for each other. Last month, when Williamson was facing heat from the media over his captaincy during his team’s 5-0 T20I-series loss to India, Kohli publicly backed his opposite number, saying New Zealand cricket was “in the best hands with Kane”….
7:44 AM GMT George Linde, the left-arm spinner who made his Test debut in India last October, is in line for his first ODI appearance in the same country after being named in South Africa’s 15-man squad for a three-match series from March 12. Linde replaced Tabraiz Shamsi, who will not make the trip as he awaits the birth of his first child. South Africa have two other spin options…